Map Help Please
 

I am making a map and have run into a problem. I have one territory with 2 white dots. I have another territory without a white dot.
How do I insert a white dot in the territory without one and delete the extra dot without messing up the .map file. I already have many territories named and borders positioned and do not want to lose them.

Thanks

Aristander

Re: Map Help Please
 

Sorry, just bite the bullet and redo it. No other way and it'll be easier too. Somebody made a script that automated the adding (or removing) a process and changing neighbors to match, but I don't have the inclination to dig for it at the moment.

Re: Map Help Please
 

Thanks Edi,

Ouch, I was hoping I could just edit the .map file.

300 of my 400+ territories already named and neighbors set.

Re: Map Help Please
 

Maybe you can move the borders to where they seperate the dots (I take it they are next to each other). Or you can remove the duplicate dot and leave one province without one.

Re: Map Help Please
 

If you don't want to redo the terrains and names from scratch, add the new province, change that and then go through the map file by hand to change the ones affected (it'll only be the ones above the new/removed province). Then reopen the map in the editor and fix the borders. Least painful way to do it like that. I know that from experience.

Re: Map Help Please
 

I might try to move the dot enough to be out of the way but not enough to lose its assigned number. Then I could leave the number without neighbors and no start.

Re: Map Help Please
 

Thanks again Edi, I will take your advice.

Aristander

Re: Map Help Please
 

You can edit in neighbors, and even a name for the offending province. That shouldnt mess up the placements. But moving the dot can. The game counts from bottom left of the map upward. If you move the dot to a new line then it can shift the number assignments of all the dots to the right and upward of it.

Re: Map Help Please
 

Well, apparently JK has thought of this, as the buttons "Province inserted" and "Province removed" in the ingame map editor and their tooltip texts show. Unfortunately they also don't seem to work right. At least the "province inserted" one doesn't.

Re: Map Help Please
 

Yes Ich the first thing I tried was the buttons. Nice that the developers are working on it.

Thank you also Gandalf Parker it is good to know how the game counts. Even though messing with the dots will mess stuff up I really don't see any choice.

Aristander